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What distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter that does not?
Capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction
What makes the definition of viruses as living organisms difficult?
They replicate only in host cells
When did life originate?
At least 3.5 billion years ago
Who proposed the theory that living things have souls and embody both form and matter?
Aristotle
What marked the beginning of modern classification of living things?
Carl Linnaeus's system of binomial nomenclature in the 1740s
Test your knowledge about the qualities that distinguish living matter from non-living matter, and explore the philosophical definitions of living systems.
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